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Syria: Diplomatic showdown over chemical attack, as death toll rises.

The US, Britain and France proposed a UN Security Council resolution to condemn a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria, blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for the incident.

Russia said a Syrian airstrike targeting militant workshops producing chemical weapons was responsible for the deaths of scores of civilians in Idlib province.

The death toll from the attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun rose to at least 72 people killed, making it the deadliest chemical assault since 2013.

UN Security General António Guterres said there must be a “very clear investigation to remove all doubts and we need to have accountability based on the results of that investigation.”

Russia suggested it would publicly stand by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad despite international outrage over the attack, setting course for a head-on diplomatic collision between Washington and Moscow.

Syria denies the accusations and Russia says it had no warplanes in the vicinity.